Community Organizing Lead & Youth Leadership

Community Organizing Alliance; Lewiston (ME); Hybrid; USD 52,000 - 61,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid holidays

Paid time off

Health/dental/vision insurance

Job summary

Community Organizing Alliance in Lewiston, ME is seeking an Organizing Manager to lead base-building and leadership development across our youth and community programs. The role focuses on recruiting and supporting volunteers, developing leaders, and strengthening training systems for ongoing organizing work.

The Organizing Manager will supervise staff and interns, advance youth leadership initiatives, and ensure effective 1:1s and campaigns through COA’s platforms and partnerships.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or related field preferred.
• 3+ years of community organizing experience.
• Experience supervising staff, interns, or volunteers.
• Experience developing and facilitating trainings.
• Strong 1:1s, leadership development, and base-building know-how.
• Excellent communication and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead base-building and leadership development work.
• Supervise organizing staff, interns, and volunteers.
• Develop youth leadership programming and coach emerging leaders.
• Track 1:1 meetings and progress toward base-building goals.
• Coordinate with other COA program staff to support campaigns.

Skills

Relational organizing

Leadership development

Staff supervision

Volunteer engagement

Community outreach

Facilitation

Relationship building

Time management

Multilingual outreach

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Tools

Solidarity Tech

Microsoft Excel

VAN

Job description

Community Organizing Alliance in Lewiston, ME is seeking an Organizing Manager to lead base-building and leadership development across our youth and community programs. The role focuses on recruiting and supporting volunteers, developing leaders, and strengthening training systems for ongoing organizing work.

The Organizing Manager will supervise staff and interns, advance youth leadership initiatives, and ensure effective 1:1s and campaigns through COA’s platforms and partnerships.